***Health Secretary José Angel Córdova also denied that Mexico took too long to react in the face of a possible influenza epidemic as charged by the World Health Organization…
***The Mexico City government will implement an alert system, similar to those used during environmental pollution emergencies, during the current sanitation crisis because of the influenza outbreak…
***Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said China’s quarantining 71 Mexicans because of fears they might be infected with AH1N1 flu was xenophobic and showed extreme ignorance…
***President Felipe Calderón spoke on the phone with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama and assured him that evidence indicates that the AH1N1 influenza epidemic is being contained.
***Calderón was set to meet with state governors to evaluate the situation and take new decisions regarding actions…
***Cardinal Norberto Rivera said it was still not time to lower the guard and to continue to implement flu prevention measures…
***Despite the sanitation emergency election candidates launched their campaigns in the races for 500 national deputy seats… Elections are set for July 5th…
***Seeking to control the flu outbreak authorities cancelled 90 national and international flights that were to depart from Mexico City…
***The AH1N1 virus has spread to 18 countries… WHO confirmed 898 cases of infections with 22 confirmed deaths in Mexico and one in the United States… In that country, the flu has hit 30 states and there are 226 confirmed infections…
***WHO kept the pandemic alert level at Phase 5, still one step short of the maximum Phase 6 level… WHO called on all countries, primarily Mexico and the United States, to be on the lookout for possible cases of pigs being infected by the virus, as was reported in Canada…
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